Coasting-wagon.



I NT779,606.

PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

H. E. KEYES. COASTING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1902.

UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

Parana? OFFICE.

HARRY E. KEYES, OE HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO GRAVITY COASTER & MANUFAUURING COMPANY, OF HOMESTEAD,PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATlON OF PENNSYL ANIA.

COASTING-WAGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,606, dated January10, 1905.

Application filed September 22, 1902. Serial No. 124.357. I

To all whom it nmy concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY E. KnYns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State of 5Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCoasting Wagons, (Case Q) of which the followingis a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a shoes mounted upon thewheel-supporting brackets and a brake-mast made as a crankshaft andmounted upon the body and con- 5 nected with the brake-shoes to actuatethem positively in applying and releasing them. The steering-gearincludes a wheel bracket or post having a pair of wheels. The front endof the body is provided with a shoe fitted to 3 embrace the top, end,and bottom ofthe body in order to reinforce it and provide a bearing forthe steering-gear bracket or post, all as 1 will proceed now moreparticularly to set forth and finally claim. a

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is a sideelevation with the near wheel broken out. Fig.2 is a bottom plan view,but in- 4 cluding individual stub-shafts instead of an axle for the rearwheels and the near wheel removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of oneof the roar-wheel brackets with the brake-shoe in position. Fig. 4 showsin side elevation 45 and plan the ln'akc-mastbearing. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of the brake-mast. Fig. 6 is a frontclevation of thesteering-gear post. Fig. is a perspective view of the front shoe.

The combined body and seat 1 may be made of a fiat board or piece oflumber of any suitable kindand thickness or of other material and in theform of a truncated wedge, substan tiully seen in Fig. 2. The rearwheels 2 2 are mounted upon an axle 1-5, carried in bearings l inbrackets 53, which are bolted to the body. Cotter-pins 6 may he used tosecure the wheels to the eerie. instead of using a continuous axle 3, asindicated in Fig. 1, i may use a stub-shaft 7 for each wheel, and thesestub-shafts may be rivets mounted in the bearings 4 and connected withthe wheels by cotter-pins 8 or other fastenings, as in Fig. 2.

The brackets 5 are made with parallel ribs 9, in which are placed thebrake-shoes 10,

made as bars having one of their ends 11' '65 turned out at rightangles, so as to stand across the rims of the wheels. These brakeshoesare held in place between the ribs by rivets or other headcd devices 12overlapping them, and they are assembled so as to have perfect freedomof movement in the direction of their length and. so as to be readilyapplied to the wheel-rims and released therefrom. By using solid orunslotted brake-shoes their strength is preserved as compared withslotted shoes and they rattle little, if any. The brakeshoes areconnected by rods 13 with the pin 14 on the cranked end 15 of a shaft orbrakernast 16. This mast is mounted upon the body in any suitablehousing or box 1'? (see details Figs. 1 and 4) and may be securedtherein by acottcr-pin 18 or other device. The housing or box is such asto admit of the free turning of the mast, and for turning or operatingpurposes said mast may have a hand-whecl 19 or other device suilicientto that end and which will afford a good hold for the user. The housingis bolted or riveted to the body and is made of separable parts,subshnitially as indicated; but the invention is not limited to anyparticular kind of brakc-z'tctuating mechanism.

It is desirable on sonic roads to have a broader bearing in front thanis afforded by a single steering-wheel, and in suchcase I may use a'pair of steering-wheels 20, mounted upon laterally-extending stub-axles21. on a bracket or post 22. This post has a collared shank 23, littedin a suitable bearing in the forward end of the body and supplied with acombined foot-rest and steering-bar 24, secured thereto by a squaredjoint, as indicated, or otherwise.

In order to reinforce the front and narrow end of the body, it is shedwith a metal loop or clip 25, which embraces the top, bottom, and frontof said body, is riveted or bolted thereto, and is provided withopenings and forms bearings or bushings or wear-plates, any or all, forthe steering-gear and as well strengthens the body and renders it lessliable to damage from the strains and stress of use. One or more battens26 may be applied to the body to resist cracking, warping, splitting,and generally to reinforce said body.

Upon the seat portion of the body 1 are secured three strips 27,projecting above the surface of said seat portion and preferablyarranged at or near the side and rear edges of said seat portion, asshown in Figs. 1 and .2. These strips serve as guards for preventing therider from slipping or sliding off the seat at the sides and rear, or,if desired, an additional strip 28 may be arranged transversely of theseat at the forward ends oi the strips 27 (see dotted lines Fig. 2) forpreyenting the rider from slipping or sliding forward.

The parts are assembled by means which will permit of their readydisconnection, so that the wagon may be knocked down for transportationand storage purposes, and since the parts are interchangealile repairsmay be readily and cheaply effected.

in operation the user straddles andsitsupon the body at the rear andplacing his feet upon the steering-bar and grasping the bra ke-mastgives a lunge forward, and so starts the wagon in motion, which isaccelerated by mouu-n tum in descending an incline. The speed of thewagon is (1Ul')lX'Ull?Ll)lt' by the brake mechan sm, and guidance iseasily ell'ected by the steering-go;

Parts of the invention herein set forth are applicable to'either or bothoi the wagons of the other cases, and Vice versa.

What I claim is-- 1. A coastingwagon, comprising 'essentially a body,steering-gear, rear wheels,brackets for said wheels, and brake mechanismincluding brake-shoes mounted in and to slide between ribs on' saidbrackets, and means to actuate said shoes.

2. A coastingwagon, comprising essentially a body, steering-gear, rearwheels, brackets for said wheels, and brake mechanism includingbrake-shoes made solid, the said brackets having parallel ribs in whichsaid shoes are slidable, and headed rivets overlapping said shoes tohold them in place.

A coasting wagon, comprising essentially a body, steering-gear, rearwheels,brackets for said wheels, and brake mechanism includingbrake-shoes mounted in said brackets and movable longitudinally between"ribs on said brackets, and a cranked brake-mast connected with saidbrake-shoes and adapted to move them longitudinally in said brackets toapply and release the brake-shoes.

4. A coasting-wagon, comprising essentially a body, a pair ofstee1ingwl1ecls, a post having laterally projecting journals upon whichsaid wheels are secured and separated from each other, a combinedfoot-rest and steering-bar on said post, rear wheels, brackets for saidrear wheels, and a brake mechanism substantially such as described foroperation in connection with said rear wheels.

in a coasting-wagon, a truncated wedgeshaped board body having itsforward tapering end shod with a metal shoe embracing the top, bottomand end of said board.

(3. In a coasting-wagon, a board body having its forward end shed with ametal shoe embracing the top, bottom and end of said board, am providedwith openings and forming a bearing for the steering-gear post.

7. In a coasting-wagon, a combined body and seat, and strips securedupon said seat at front, rear and sides to form a guard, whereby, therider is prevented from sliding off said seat in all directions.

in testimony whereof [have hereunto set my hand this 19th day ofSeptember, A. D.

HARRY L. KEYES. Witnesses:

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